Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland,
Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan
State High School and private schools as well as
the Riverway complex which has a great deal of
entertainment from swimming, barbecues and
family outings to cultural events including an art
gallery and night markets.
Also in Kirwan, are a large number of shops, the
Willows Shopping Centre, and Cannon Park, which
houses several restaurants, a
cinema, and a military memorial in the form of a
WWII era cannon, dedicated to the 18 servicemen
lost when two Blackhawk helicopters collided on a
night exercise in 1996, on the Hervey Range,
nearby.
Kirwan is also well known as the home of the NRL
team, the North Queensland Cowboys, and is the
site of Dairy Farmers Stadium, and the Brother's
League Club.